Blouse



L. WINSTON May 3o, 1961 BLOUSE Filed May 17, 1957 INVENTOR. mfszaATTDRNEYS United States Patent C BLOUSE Laura Winston,rLorain, Ohio(4027 Santa Rosalia, Los Angeles 8, Calif.)

Filed May 17, 1957, Ser. No. 659,811

1 Claim. (Cl. v2-106) This invention relates to an article of wearingapparel, and more particularly to a blouse.

The object of the invention is to provide a blouse which is constructedso that a scarf or'ribbon can be connected thereto in various dilferentarrangements or designs.

Another object of the invention is to provide a blouse which is providedwith a plurality of spaced apart strips which are adapted to have ascarf arranged in engagement therewith, the blouse being constructed sothat the user can readily change the position of the scarf as desired sothat the wearer can achieve different effects as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a blouse which isextremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

lOther objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and inwhich like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout thesame.

Figure 1 is an elevational view showing the blouse of the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view illustrating a modication.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and more particularly to Figures 1and 2 of the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates an article of wearingapparel such as a blouse which includes a body portion 11. Arrangedalong the front of the body portion 11 is a rst set of spaced parallelstrips 12, and there is further provided a second set of spaced parallelstrips 13. Each of the sets of strips includes the plurality of membersor spaced parallel strips 14, and the strips 14 have their ends securedas by suitable stitching, to the body portion 11 of the blouse 10.

The numeral 15 indicates a scarf or ribbon which is trained through thestrips 14, and a suitable bow 16 may be arranged in the scarf 15. Asshown in Figures 1 and 2, the scarf 15 may be woven through the stripsso that alternate strips 14 are arranged on opposite sides of the scarf.

Referring to Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, there is shown a portionof a modied blouse which is indicated generally by the numeral 17, andthe blouse 17 includes a body portion 18 which is provided with one ormore offset sections. These offset sections are dened by first portions19 which have second portions 20 extending therefrom, and the portions19 are arranged in superposed relation with respect to the portions 20.A third portion 21 extends between the portions 20 and is securedthereto or formed integral therewith. There is further provided inFigures 3 and 4, a plurality of spaced parallel strips 22 which eachhave their ends secured between the portions 20 and 21 in any suitablemanner as for example by stitching, and such stitching can also serve tomain- 2,985,884 K Patented 3Q, 19`6l rice 2 tain the parts in theposition of Figures 3 ,and 4. 'I'he strips 22 are adapted to have ascarf such as the scarf 15 extended therethrough. l

From the foregoing, it is ,apparent'that there has been provided anarticle of wearing apparel such as a blouse which is constructed so thata scarf can be attractively and `conveniently supported thereby. Due tothe construction of the blouse of the present invention, the scarf canbe moved to different'adjusted positions so that the user can readilychange the position of the scarf as desired. As shown in Figures 1 and2, the blouse 10 includes the body portion `11 which has the strips 14secured thereto in any suitable manner, as for example, by means ofstitching. The strips 14 have their ends secured to the body portion 11,and the strips 14 are arranged in two rows or two sets 12 and 13. Ascarf such as the scarf 15 is adapted to be woventhrough the strips 14in such a manner that every other strip is arranged on the opposite sideof the scarf. A portion of the scarf 15 surrounds the neck of the user,while a bow 16 may be attractively tied or formed in the lower portionof the scarf. It is to be understood that the scarf 15 is detachablefrom the strip., and the scarf can also be arranged in engagement withdifferent numbers of the strips so that the appearance or efect of thescarf and blouse can be varied as desired.

In Figures 3 and 4, the spaced parallel strips 22 have their endportions secured between the portions 20 and 2'1 of the blouse, and thestrips 22 may have a scarf such as the scarf 15, arranged in engagementtherewith.

The parts can be made of any suitable material, and in different shapesor sizes.

The strips may be arranged so that they are close together or else theycan be spread aprat for a considerable distance. The strips 22 shown inFigures 3 and 4 can be arranged in two rows or two sets in the samemanner as the strips 14.

According to the present invention, the strips of material are sewn tothe blouse or other article of wearing apparel so as to form the laddersteps under which scarfs or ribbons can be pulled through in variousdesigns. The ladder steps or strips can be of various sizes and thenumber thereof can varied as desired, and also the spacing between thestrips can be varied as desired. Thus, this construction will give theyoung lady or woman a feeling of designing her own blouse since shedecides upon her own way of using the scarf. The blouse can be made ofany suitable material, and the blouse opening can be closed by means ofa slide fastener, snaps, or by any other suitable method. The scarf maybe made of any suitable material such as nylon, dacron, chiffon or thelike, and the scarf may have a size of approximately 60 inches long andabout 18 inches wide so as to give suliicient fullness. The ends of thescarf are preferably pointed so as to facilitate the insertion ordrawing throughl of the scarf, and these pointed ends of the scarf areindicated by the numeral v23.

The ends of the scarf may be tucked under the waist band of a skirt orleft loose on the outside, or both ends may be tied in a knot or bow atthe waistline, outside the skirt. The scarf can be drawn under allladder steps, up one side, and thrown loosely around the back of theneck, then down under all ladder steps on the other side.

Also, the scarf can be woven under one ladder step, then over the nextladder step, then under again, all the way up one side, thrown aroundthe back of the neck, then using the same weaving down the other side.Also, the scarf can be woven or under all steps, thrown around the backof the neck, then down just partway on the other side, andthe end drawnback under the preceding step and left loose. The scarf can also belaced, starting with it thrown around the back of the neck, across thefront and continued lacing down the front'in the steps. Thus, the laddersteps and scarf can be used to beautify blouses in different ways ormanners.

Theabove `description of'the'invention is'for illustrative purposesyonly and itis understood that modications may be made in theconstruction withinthe scope and spirit of the *following claim.

I claim:

In a blouse, abody portion, spaced apart rst portions,

Asecond portions being a continuation of and folded under said firstportions, a third portion extending between said secondportions, aplurality of strips secured to the front offsaid bodyportion intransverse relation to the longitudinal axis rofsaid body portion, saidstrips being arranged in iirst and second spaced apart rows that extendlongitudinally of the body` portion on opposite sides of thelongitudinal axis of the body portion, the strips of each `row beingarranged in spaced parallel relation with respect to each other, theends of said strips being secured to said body portion intermediate ofsaid rst and third 20 portions, and a scarf having a portion thereofarranged in 'woven engagement with said strips so that alternate stripsare arranged on opposite sides of the scarf, the ends `of saidscarfbeing pointed for facilitating the movement of the scarf through thestrips.

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